by Patrick Lawson | Mar 4, 2026 | Individual Coaching
This is the first of a three-part series exploring a tension most leaders feel but rarely name: the uneasy relationship between identity and circumstance.In Part 1, we explore what happens when circumstance becomes identity — when title, income, role and...
by Patrick Lawson | Feb 25, 2026 | Individual Coaching
I’ve been wondering about something.Many successful career men say they’re tired.Tired of the hours.Tired of the politics.Tired of carrying the weight of performance.Tired of living inside a machine that never seems satisfied.And increasingly, I hear the...
by Patrick Lawson | Feb 19, 2026 | Corporate Coaching
There was an old saying: “Give a busy man the job.” It sounds logical. The busy leader focuses quickly. Cuts through noise. Delivers to standard. Deadlines are met. Pressure reduces. The organisation moves. But what if task efficiency is coming at the cost of...
by Patrick Lawson | Feb 6, 2026 | Individual Coaching
Focus is widely praised.It is seen as discipline. As maturity. As revered skill.For many, focus has been the means by which life has been built — careers established, families provided for, responsibilities carried.Focus gets results.Focus gets you here.And yet,...
by Patrick Lawson | Jan 29, 2026 | Individual Coaching
I watched a film recently — Jay Kelly, now on Netflix.I won’t tell the story.That’s not the point.What stayed with me was how closely it echoed the conversations I’m having with men in midlife right now — particularly men who, by most...
